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Ignite a Child's Love for Learning

Provide a nurturing environment that sparks a love of learning. A diploma in early learning and child care will prepare you for a career working with infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-aged children in a variety of settings. In addition to helping children develop and learn intellectually, physically, and emotionally, early childhood educators build relationships with parents and other professionals. A commitment to this rewarding profession has long-term benefits for young children, families, and communities.

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To be considered for admission, you must meet specific criteria, including course requirements, minimum marks, and language proficiencies.
 

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Kickstart a Career in Elementary Education

A degree in elementary education with a strong focus on the North opens doors to teaching positions in kindergartens and elementary school classrooms in northern regions.

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This course will provide education students with the basic skills for using the most common information technology tools currently applied in schools. The types of tools include Internet tools, digital media processing, multimedia/hypermedia presentations, spreadsheets, and databases. The course offers a number of advanced modules dealing with more complex topics in these areas plus additional tools such as those for editing digital video and sound.

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An introductory investigation of the school context from the vantage points of students, teachers and others involved in education. The course includes 3 hours of on-campus work each week and 30-40 hours of field experience in both elementary and secondary classrooms over the term.

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This course is designed to provide students in Education who expect to work with children (ages 0-12) with a working knowledge of important concepts and issues in Educational Psychology. Students will gain an understanding of how children from diverse backgrounds develop and learn and how teachers provide appropriate learning opportunities to support academic, cognitive and moral development, culture and diversity, and psychological development.

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